< Psalms 69 >
1 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Lilies.” By David. Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!
to/for to conduct upon lily to/for David to save me God for to come (in): come water till soul: neck
2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
to sink in/on/with mire depth and nothing foothold to come (in): come in/on/with deep water and stream to overflow me
3 I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God.
be weary/toil in/on/with to call: call out I to scorch throat my to end: expend eye my to wait: wait to/for God my
4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
to multiply from hair head my to hate me for nothing be vast to destroy me enemy my deception which not to plunder then to return: rescue
5 God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you.
God you(m. s.) to know to/for folly my and guiltiness my from you not to hide
6 Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord GOD of Armies. Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.
not be ashamed in/on/with me to await you Lord YHWH/God Hosts not be humiliated in/on/with me to seek you God Israel
7 Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
for upon you to lift: bear reproach to cover shame face my
8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.
be a stranger to be to/for brother: male-sibling my and foreign to/for son: descendant/people mother my
9 For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
for jealousy house: temple your to eat me and reproach to taunt you to fall: fall upon me
10 When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
and to weep in/on/with fast soul my and to be to/for reproach to/for me
11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
and to give: make [emph?] clothing my sackcloth and to be to/for them to/for proverb
12 Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.
to muse in/on/with me to dwell gate and music to drink strong drink
13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, LORD, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
and I prayer my to/for you LORD time acceptance God in/on/with abundance kindness your to answer me in/on/with truth: faithful salvation your
14 Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
to rescue me from mud and not to sink to rescue from to hate me and from deep water
15 Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.
not to overflow me stream water and not to swallow up me depth and not to shut upon me well lip her
16 Answer me, LORD, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.
to answer me LORD for pleasant kindness your like/as abundance compassion your to turn to(wards) me
17 Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!
and not to hide face your from servant/slave your for to constrain to/for me to hasten to answer me
18 Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
to present: come [emph?] to(wards) soul my to redeem: redeem her because enemy my to ransom me
19 You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.
you(m. s.) to know reproach my and shame my and shame my before you all to vex me
20 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.
reproach to break heart my and be sick [emph?] and to await to/for to wander and nothing and to/for to be sorry: comfort and not to find
21 They also gave me poison for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
and to give: give in/on/with food my poison and to/for thirst my to water: drink me vinegar
22 Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
to be table their to/for face: before their to/for snare and to/for peace to/for snare
23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see. Let their backs be continually bent.
to darken eye their from to see: see and loin their continually to slip
24 Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
to pour: pour upon them indignation your and burning anger face: anger your to overtake them
25 Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.
to be encampment their be desolate: destroyed in/on/with tent their not to be to dwell
26 For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
for you(m. s.) which to smite to pursue and to(wards) pain slain: wounded your to recount
27 Charge them with crime upon crime. Don’t let them come into your righteousness.
to give: give [emph?] iniquity: punishment upon iniquity: punishment their and not to come (in): come in/on/with righteousness your
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
to wipe from scroll: book alive and with righteous not to write
29 But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.
and I afflicted and to pain salvation your God to exalt me
30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
to boast: praise name God in/on/with song and to magnify him in/on/with thanksgiving
31 It will please the LORD better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
and be good to/for LORD from cattle bullock to shine to divide
32 The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
to see: see poor to rejoice to seek God and to live heart your
33 For the LORD hears the needy, and doesn’t despise his captive people.
for to hear: hear to(wards) needy LORD and [obj] prisoner his not to despise
34 Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!
to boast: praise him heaven and land: country/planet sea and all to creep in/on/with them
35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
for God to save Zion and to build city Judah and to dwell there and to possess: take her
36 The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.
and seed: children servant/slave his to inherit her and to love: lover name his to dwell in/on/with her